Wilderness Emergency Conference 2/29/2020

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2020 Conference Agenda

2020 Conference Agenda

8:30 - 9:00  - Check-in & Goodie Bag Pick-up

9:00 - 9:05 - Welcome & Housekeeping

Morning Keynote

9:05 - 9:55 - "Avalanche Awareness" by, Craig Gordon of the Utah Avalanche Forecast Center

Lightning Talks

10:00 - 10:20 - "High Altitude Sickness" by, Doug Julian

10:20 - 10:40 - "Lost!" by, Kevin Bardsley

10:40 - 11:00 - "Essentials for the backcountry...don't leave home without them!" by, Scott Hammond

11:00 - 11:20 - "What Mt. Timpanogos taught me the night I almost died" by, Talon Kohler

11:20 - 11:40 - "Environmental Emergencies: Lightning, Drowning, Hypo & Hyperthermia" by, Bracken Moeller

11:40 - 12:00 - "Technology in the Backcountry...Can You Hear me Now?" by, Ed Jones

12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch!! Thanks R&R BBQ (donations welcomed)

Hands On Sessions

1:00 - 1:40, 1:45 - 2:25 and 2:30 - 3:10
   -"Backcountry Wound Care / Stop the Bleed" by, Dan Christopherson
   -"Medical Emergencies...that's sick!" 
by, Travis Layne
   -"Muscular/Skeletal Injuries"
by, Dr. Doug Murdock

Afternoon Keynote

3:20 - 4:15 "Keeping Yourself Together When Your Patient Is Falling Apart" by, McKay Vowles

 Drawing for prizes

Author: Kevin Dickerson
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